Book of Favorite Things

A pack of stickers can bring a smile to a child's face. It can also bring frustration into a parent's life as they try to scrape off said stickers from the floor, wall, little brother's hair, etc. In an effort to keep Archer's stickers in a concentrated, safe area, I stapled a stack of computer paper together and presented it to him as his Book of Favorite Things.

Me:    Archer, here is your new Book of Favorite Things!! (I used a really excited voice to build up
           some hype.)
Archer: Huh?
Me:       It's your Book of Favorite Things! Don't put the stickers on the fridge, put them in here. You
             can put all your favorite things in here, in your new Book of Favorite Things. (I am
             shamelessly selling this book to him.)
Archer: Ooohhh, ok.

Archer walks out of the kitchen, (he really was about to put stickers on the fridge), and places all of his train stickers in his new Book of Favorite Things.

Archer: I want to put more things in my Book of Favorite Things.

Now, I didn't have any more stickers left, but what I did have was an old Cooking Light magazine. So Archer and I hunkered down at his little table and went through my old magazine. When he saw a picture he liked, I cut it and handed it to him. Using a glue stick, Archer applied adhesive
to the back of the cut out and glued it to his book.

Archer's most favorite thing in the world is Toy Story. So I bought some Toy Story stickers to bribe...er...reward Archer when he is being a good boy. These stickers go straight into his Book of Favorite Things and they truly do motivate him to listen to me.

A fun idea for the Book of Favorite Things is to go on a "safari". Go to the zoo and take pictures of exotic wildlife, (or go for a walk outside your home and take pictures of local wildlife). Print these pix from your computer and add to your Book of Favorite Things. 

Adults love to scrapbook and this is essentially the child version of that. Your child will love documenting things that are important to him. And when your child outgrow this Book of Favorite Things, it'll make a great keepsake for you.